Is Social Security broke?

Social Security is in no immediate danger of "going broke." With the retirement of the boomers on the horizon, the Social Security Administration began building a cushion to help see this generation through its retirement years. Thanks to that planning, the Social Security Trust Funds hold more than $2.4 trillion in U.S. Treasury bonds, which earn interest every year. Without any changes, Social Security will be able to pay 100 percent of benefits until 2037 and more than 70 percent of promised benefits after that.